The 31-year-old Lincoln High graduate presented the First Tee of San Joaquin and San Joaquin County Public Health Services checks worth close to $100,000 through the Ricky Barnes Foundation, which he and his wife, Linden High graduate and professional volleyball player Suzanne Stonebarger, established earlier this year.

Barnes gave the First Tee $60,000 from his inaugural charity pro-am golf tournament held in October at Stockton Golf and Country Club, and another $16,600 through his birdies and eagles program, in which he donated $50 for every birdie and $250 for every eagle he made on tour this season. Barnes had five eagles and 307 birdies in his fourth season on the PGA Tour and 10th as a professional. The First Tee also will receive about $8,000 in a matching donation from Duff and Phelps, a financial advisement firm and one of Barnes' sponsors. Barnes gave an additional $20,000 to San Joaquin County Public Health Services.

Barnes presented the checks Sunday at Stockton Golf and Country Club.

"It's great. You always have this vision and it started four or five years ago with my head spinning, wanting to create my own foundation," Barnes said. "A lot goes into it. We're pretty much giving $100,000 in our first year. That's the thing we're excited about."

Don Miller, executive director of the First Tee of San Joaquin, said the donation will go toward building the program aimed at teaching life lessons through golf to kids ages 7-17. This year, more than 450 kids took part in the First Tee's spring, summer and fall tours, as well as its Golf Fore Girls and after-school programs.

"And that's a drop in the bucket," Miller said. "There are a variety of ways we can use this money to reach more families."

Bill Mitchell, director of San Joaquin County Public Health Services, said the money will assist an ongoing program, the Network for a Healthy California, which works with schools, after-school programs and faith-based organizations to provide nutritional education, training opportunities and physical activity programs aimed at combating childhood obesity,